Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-25
DAILY HERALD.
In REBUTTAL.
rakcn In tho o'"
~ressional Contest.

restsmony rakcn IN tno
~ressional Contest.
ca,,,veda testified that he was at
the Seventh precinct and at the Depot
precinct on election day. be knew 1ar-
eia and had read his testimony but ne
haa mot solicited him to vote, nor IN
company with Mr.. Bilderrain had ne
offered any money to Garcia or az
tempted to influence his vote any way,
He had not taken him to a room anu
given him money. Nor had he paia
auy money on that day to any o'ne'
rerson for the purpose OF influencing
their votes. He did not see nor was
he present when Tom McCahrey na'
offered money to any one TO Vose' "a IA
S;S talj anv one that be was peo-
di;no ticket that carried "ai'ei
Moore's name on IL. -. n;vs Car.
c;s a ticket. 1 simply asked HIM II ne
had voted and he said no. .nen 'e,s
him. Bilderrain was not WIN ne as
that time. | gave no person any 'hones
on that day. l did not go up s'ail .
with Garcia on that day l ala nov see
anvhodv give him any money. did
moi 90 up any stair case into any room
Robert n. Dominguez testified that he
h.a enrolled the name of Luigi Garofaro.
Ha had asked witness to sign his name
- tbe affidavit. b. Solomon was pres
.ent and also an Italian boy. Witness
Ala not tell him that the paper was
naturalization paper. Garafaro said ne
had been registered and naturallzed IN
OaLland He said he could not sign
h,s name and asked the Italian boy TO
write his name and witness copied ~.
He swore to the facts stated IN Cnar,es
Sctroder's saloon. Witness knew teoIo
Garcia. He did not Influence nun 10
give testimony for respondent: Witness
snew Banegas, but did not influence MN
in Giving testimony in the case. DID not
tell him he would get himself into tronoie
il he gave it. L.
Cross.examined: Garafaro speaks
English 10 some extent, and answered
questions at that time quite satisiacIori-
ly. l asked him questions as 70 us
Qualifications aud he answered the ques,
t,ons quite thoroughly. he talked
SPANISH also as well as he did Engnsn'
He aid he had been naturalized In Oak
aand eight years before IN some cours' court
He said he had his papers at BIS nouse.
Vicente Sanchez testifeo that ne was
at the Depot precinct on election day anu
that he knew Pedro Garcia. he ana not
ask him to vote nor did he give him a
ticket. He did not pay him S2 TO vote
nor to any one else.
Cross-examined-Wa at the depot
all day. Gave no money to anybody
that day. was there seeing that those
Who voted the Democratic ticket did
vote and giving tickets to those VINO
wanted them. / received no money ex-
cent for eating which was given me oy
Bilderrain, but l got no money to BUY
votes.
Jose Romero testified that he was at
the Depot precinct and that ne knew
Roberto Valencia. Did not tell nim
that he had plenty of money to buy all
the Republicans. -,
Cross.examined-Was helping the
Democratic party by my influence.
alyo helped one or two Republicans.
Gave out no money only my expenses,
Received no money on that day. Did
not interfere when Antonio Laeva was
arrested. Did not give him cent. DID
not know he was arrested until ne got
back. Did not state that l had gwen
him money in the presence OF Capt.
Darcy and Mr.. Appel. They are parties
/ never had anything to do with. Dio
not hand him any money that cay.
r. F. Sepulveda testified that ne was
present at conversation between bane-
gas and r. Dominguez, when banegas
refused to 60 to Appels office because ne
said he had seen no person receive money
except one.
Joaouin Villalobos testified that Jose
Lopez told him that he would give him
$40 to speak and use his influence for
the Republican parry. The money was
given TO Valla for safekeeping. Inc
agreement was torn up but witness only
received Sl.50 OF his money. de be-
loneed to Democratic club Al that
time. Lopez was working for the Re
publican ticket.
Mariana Asevede demanded his wit
ness fees and testified that he did not
solicit any person to vote for oseph u
LYNCH. He had been arrested by Capt.
Darcy. but witness did not know the
reason of his arrest. He had not solic'
tied any person to vote. He did not
solicit Ayala nor Laeva to vote. de
was Republican and had worked Tor
the ticket through and through. Ad'
iourned until 10 o'clock this morning.